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166 Give Away Your Book for Free?

Writer on the Side

Release Date: 04/23/2025

175 Effective Meetings & Book Sales with Chris Fenning show art 175 Effective Meetings & Book Sales with Chris Fenning

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Communication expert Chris Fenning shares how he wrote and launched Effective Meetings—from wide vs. exclusive publishing to pricing, reviews, audio, and beyond.

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174 How Claudine Chi Wrote a 365-Day Strategic Journal That Builds Self-Belief show art 174 How Claudine Chi Wrote a 365-Day Strategic Journal That Builds Self-Belief

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High-performance mindset coach Claudine Chi joins host Hassan Osman to share how she transformed years of coaching Olympic-level athletes into a 365-day journal that builds self-belief — in just five minutes a day.

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173 Seven Lessons from Publishing Book #24 (An Amazon Bestseller) show art 173 Seven Lessons from Publishing Book #24 (An Amazon Bestseller)

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I share seven actionable lessons from publishing my 24th book, "AI Change Management Made Simple," which became an Amazon bestseller in five categories. Learn about repurposing content with AI, getting early reviews, creating audiobooks in under 5 minutes, and turning readers into email subscribers with high-value bonuses.

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172 How 19-Year-Old Jay Yang Published His First Amazon Bestseller show art 172 How 19-Year-Old Jay Yang Published His First Amazon Bestseller

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How Jay Yang, a 19-year-old author shares how “permissionless action,” cold emails, and a focused writing routine helped him self-publish You Can Just Do Things and grow his audience.

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171 Writing a Book as a Business Card on Steroids (Publishing Performance Podcast) show art 171 Writing a Book as a Business Card on Steroids (Publishing Performance Podcast)

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How to write a short, niche book in 4 weeks, repurpose it into courses and content, and use Amazon KDP, Udemy, and Gumroad to grow sales and authority. (From Teddy Smith's Publishing Performance Show).  

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170 How Nat Eliason Wrote His First Fiction Book with AI Tools show art 170 How Nat Eliason Wrote His First Fiction Book with AI Tools

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A deep-dive with author Nat Eliason on writing his first novel Husk, transitioning from nonfiction to fiction, using AI for editing, and choosing self-publishing over traditional routes.  

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169 Writing a Book in 4 Weeks Using AI show art 169 Writing a Book in 4 Weeks Using AI

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A new course about how to write a book in 4 weeks (using AI to write in your own voice):     Some thoughts on what I've been doing behind the scenes to relaunch it. 

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168 Running 3 Newsletters on the Side - Small Bets Discussion show art 168 Running 3 Newsletters on the Side - Small Bets Discussion

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A discussion on the weekly Small Bets yap about starting and running 3 different newsletters on the side. I also discuss the launch of my new course on https://course.writerontheside.com/

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167 Selling $125K in Books on Shopify with Phil Van Treuren show art 167 Selling $125K in Books on Shopify with Phil Van Treuren

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An in-depth interview with author and entrepreneur Phil Van Treuren, who shares how he built a six-figure self-publishing business selling stoic philosophy books—without relying on Amazon KDP.  

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This is a repeat episode that addresses giving away your book for free (shifting it from paid to free) when it makes sense to do so. 

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This is a repeat episode that addresses giving away your book for free (shifting it from paid to free) when it makes sense to do so.